Isa 56 | ABEn | STEP | Thus says the lord , Guard equity, and do righteousness! [ 3 is near 1 for 2 my deliverance] to come, and my mercy to be uncovered.

Isaiah 56

CHAPTER 56 Deliverance to the Nations

1 Thus says the lord, Guard equity, and do righteousness! [³is near ¹for ²my deliverance] to come, and my mercy to be uncovered. 2 Blessed is the man doing these things, and the man holding to them, and guarding Sabbaths, so as to not profane them, and observing his hands so as to not do unjustly. 3 [²not ¹Let ⁵say ³the ⁴foreigner]! the one joining to the lord, saying, By separation [³will separate ⁴me ²surely ¹The lord] from his people. And [²not ¹let ⁵say ³the ⁴eunuch] that, I am [²tree ¹a dry]! 4 For thus says the lord to the eunuchs, As many as should keep my Sabbaths, and should choose what I want, and should hold to my covenant, 5 I will give to them in my house, and in my wall [²place ¹a famous], better than sons and daughters. [⁴name ³an eternal ¹I will give ²to them], and it shall not cease. 6 And I will give it to the foreigners joining to the lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the lord, to be to him for manservants and maidservants, and all the ones keeping my Sabbaths, to not profane, and the ones holding to my covenant. 7 I will bring them unto [²mountain ¹my holy], and I will gladden them in [²house ³of prayer ¹my]. Their whole-burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted upon my altar. For my house [²a house ³of prayer ¹shall be called] for all the nations, 8 said the lord, the one gathering the ones having been dispersed of Israel. For I will gather unto him a congregation. 9 All [²beasts ¹wild], come! Let [⁶eat ¹all ²the ³wild beasts ⁴of the ⁵forest]! 10 See how they all have been blinded! they knew not. All [²dogs ¹are dumb], they shall not be able to bark; ones dreaming of a bed, being fond of slumber. 11 Yes, the [²dogs ¹impudent ⁶in the ⁷soul ³not ⁴knowing ⁵fullness]; and they are wicked, not knowing understanding; all [²their own ways ¹followed after]; each according to his own advantage from his uttermost, saying, 12 Come we should take wine and be drunk with wine to intoxication, and [²shall be ³such as this ⁴day ¹tomorrow] -- great, rather exceedingly.